Shuihou
Town, located in the west of Tianzhu Mountain in Qianshan County, with superior
natural ecological conditions, adequate light, heat, water resources, and tea
cultivation of a long history, is an important base in the county for famous
tea production. Qianshan County Henshui Tea Development Co., Ltd., established
in May 2008, a high-tech and innovative agricultural economic entity, was
awarded as the city leading company in terms of agricultural industrialization
in 2011. There are 48 employees, including 11 senior technical staffs, 1,800
acres of existing mountain zone, 600 acres of tea garden seedling demonstration
bases, and 160 acres of seedling breeding bases. It has achieved an annual
output of 4 million high-quality tea trees with characteristics, annual
production and marketing volume of 20 tons, annual output value of 3.5 million
Yuan, and annual profits and taxes of 300,000 Yuan. The company adheres to
independent innovation, achieves the introduction and cultivation of 5 new
varieties (lines) of tea with characteristics, and has been praised by the
breeding experts in Chinese and Provincial Tea Scientific Research Institute.
In the process of developing the bases, it paid attention to high standards,
strict requirements, and the standardization construction of the base. In
recent years it has developed 4,000 acres of tea gardens of high standard in
the town, laying a solid foundation for the development of tea industry with
high production and quality and efficiency in the town. Moreover, it has
introduced new technology onto tea garden production and management to achieve
new breakthroughs. In October 2010, it successfully undertook the
"Demonstrations for National Tea Industry Technology System
high-ground-clearance self-propelled multifunction machine for tea garden management",
making a good attempt for tea garden mechanization management and production
costs reducing. The use of a special production process has produced summer tea
leaves into green tea with flower smell - "Henshui" Buddha tea won
the first prize in the first "National Drink Cup" national tea
competitions organized by the Institute of Chinese tea, providing technical
support for the development and utilization of summer and autumn tea and making
tea benefits increase exponentially. Stone incense and other varieties with
characteristics have also been used to produce "Tianzhu Jianhao Tea"
and "Tianzhu Clouds and Smog Tea", which are in short supply in
recent years and are deeply loved by consumers.

In March 2011, the seedling breeding base of
the company was named as National Tea Industry Technology System Seedling
Breeding Base, and the tea garden base was named as Science Demonstration Base
of Anqing City. With the total investment of 8 million Yuan, the company plans
to use the existing advantages, develop 1,000 acres of standard tea garden with
characteristics, expand 100 acres of seedling breeding bases, build
professional mechanization service system for tea garden management, purchase
over 120 sets of tea garden tillers, trimmers, and tea plucking machine, and
construct a large modern tea processing plant. After the completion of the
project, it can create 500 jobs and tea industry revenue of over 10 million
Yuan.